Recent content by Tayful

I was away from home for two weeks so I left my parents to take care of my fish tank. When I returned, my two mystery snails were dead. Obviously this worried me and I thought my ammonia or nitrite levels could have been too high, so I tested, but everything is fine with those. However, my PH is...

External cannister filters all the way! They are better and you won't have to waste extra money by upgrading later. Just my views on things :)

Just came across this thread. Wow, you have some beautiful discus and some even more beautiful babies! They grow so unbelievably fast.. I am insanely jealous. :)

I second that! When I get my "real" tank (all I have now is a 10 gallon) I'm going to plant it. I always knew snails and things could come on the plants but something like this... Gosh, that would creep me out so badly! How gross. I'm shuddering too just thinking about it.

Thanks everyone for your responses and the warm welcome! I will go for an external filter, because if I had to upgrade in the future I'd just end up paying more and there would be more problems. I suppose I will look into getting a cannister filter. Also, I would love to have a bigger tank but...

Wow, all of your fish seem like they would be pretty non-aggressive. My guesses would be the gourami or the barb, but don't do anything hasty! Punishing an innocent fish is a very wrong move, because that would only instill more violence in the real bully. Sorry to hear this, and tell the victim...

Mollies DO fare better with the extra salt, and it's good for their health, so I really do recommend it. I think the salt is fine for most livebearers and can actually be quite beneficial. Other normal tropical fish might not like it as much, but I doubt it would do them much harm. Basically, I...

They look VERY pregnant to me. Congratulations! :D

Hi all! My name is Taylor and I'm 14 years old. Currently I have a 10 gallon tank with a tiny little Pleco and four long-finned danios. I love the tropical fish community aspect so I'll be getting tropicals. I also really love cichlids but I know when you have those you are limited, in the...